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ACF Fall 2012: I Made it on the Bevel

Edited by Matt Bollinger, Diana Gerr, Jarret Greene, Daniel Hothe, Ja!"er #ee, and $te"hen #i%

&a'(et by Georgia )e'h A *Gregory &ea'o'(, Bradley $ilveran, A%!tin +ilder, $iddharth Dhingra

TOSSUPS

1. The merger of two of these objects can be modeled by the Effective One-body formalism, which describes the

insiral-l!nge-ringdown model. "o article can remain at rest inside the stationary limit for rotating versions ofthese objects, which are also s!rro!nded by an ergoshere. The temerat!re of these objects is related to the seed of

light c!bed over eight i, while their entroy is roortional to their s!rface area. These objects #evaorate$ d!e to

%aw&ing radiation. Sagittari!s '(-Star) (* is the location of a s!ermassive version of these objects, which are

tho!ght to e+ist at the center of every gala+y. or 1 oints, name these objects from which light cannot escae.("SE/0 bla'( hole

. This a!thor was insired by (nton 2he&hov to write a lay in which a bombing raid &ills 3angan while he visits

the shi-shaed co!ntry home of the dr!n&en 2atain Shotover. 4n another wor& by this writer, a millionaire claimsthat #money and g!nowder$ are the only re5!irements for salvation. This a!thor ofHeartbreak House created

(dolh!s 2!sins, who confesses he is a fo!ndling to inherit the m!nitions of (ndrew Undershaft. This a!thor also

created a flower girl who learns from honetics rofessor %enry %iggins how to sea& roer English. or 1

oints, name this 6ritish writer ofMajor Barbaraand who created Eli7a 8oolittle in his layPygmalion.

("SE/0 9eorge 6ernard $ha-

:. This thin&er resonded to the novel Two Agesby attac&ing the loss of individ!ality in an abstract !blic shere he

labeled #the 2rowd.$ This man criti5!ed Socrates; claim that sin arises from ignorance, noting that it is a osition,not a negation, in a wor& concl!ding that desair is the 2hristian concet of sin. (nother wor& by this thin&er

analy7es the m!sical erotic in 3o7art yields an aldehyde.

2omo!nds with two of these f!nctional gro!s can !ndergo the intramolec!lar 8iec&mann condensation. Twomolec!les with this f!nctional gro! can react to form a beta-&eto tye of this gro! in the 2laisen condensation.

They can be derived from the addition of an alcohol to an acid chloride. Under basic conditions, they !ndergosaonification to form a carbo+ylate anion and an alcohol. or 1 oints, name this f!nctional gro! that consists of

a carbonyl and ether, and is often noted for its strong fragrances.("SE/0 e!ters

?. 4n one novel by this a!thor, the rotagonist receives a g!n from Tar7an, which he !ses to try to ta&e vengeance on

his old mentor /a!f 4lwan and his e+-wife. 4n one novel by this creator of Said 3ahran, (mina leaves home to raywhile her h!sband is not home, b!t brea&s her collarbone, and two sisters marry the indolent Shaw&at brothers. This

a!thor of The Thie$ an the Dogsdescribes the hedonistic @asin and his st!dio!s brother ahmy inPalace %alk&the

first of his novels deicting three generations of Sayyid (hmad;s family. or 1 oints, name this Egytian a!thor

who wrotePalace o$ Desireand Sugar Street in his 2airo Trilogy.("SE/0 "ag!ib Mah/o%

A. (mong this artist;s wor&s is a series of taestries deicting the life of Pa!l and Peter, &nown as his 'artoons. 4none wor&, this artist deicted a cr!cifi+ion where two angels hold chalices to collect the blood of Bes!s, while inanother, historical fig!res s!ch as Poe B!li!s 44 and 8ante aear in a crowd below a deiction of heaven. This

arentice of Per!gino created theMon 'ruci$i(ionand theDis)uta, and showed an infant Bohn the 6atist holding

the title bird inMaonna o$ the *ol$inch. %is most famo!s wor& incl!des many 9ree& fig!res s!ch as Plato and

(ristotle. or 1 oints, name the 4talian /enaissance ainter of The School o$ Athens.("SE/0 a"haelSan7io da Urbino

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C. The D-factor for these devices is e5!al to their namesa&e reactance at resonance over resistance. The energy

stored in these devices is e5!al to one half the c!rrent s5!ared times a namesa&e 5!antity. oltage is e5!al to a

namesa&e 5!antity times the derivative of c!rrent in these devices, two of which are !sed to ma&e a transformer.

These circ!it comonents, which are reresented by coils on a circ!it diagram, store energy in their magnetic fields.or 1 oints, name these devices commonly comosed of a wire solenoid, whose namesa&e roerty is meas!red in

%enries.

("SE/0 ind%'tors

F. This act was signed into law from a hosital bed while the resident who enacted it was s!ffering from 2rohn;s

8isease. Some of the earliest lanning for this roject came in the form of the Pershing 3a, while final lans co!ld

be fo!nd in the +ellow Book. 2onstr!ction for this roject, originally designed for 5!ic& military deloyment, began

in 1G?A. 4t was insired by the challenges in the 1G1G 3otor 2onvoy, led by a f!t!re resident who also st!died the(!tobahn while leading troos in 44. or 1 oints, name this domestic roject chamioned by 8wight

Eisenhower that created many large roads thro!gho!t the United States.

("SE/0 Inter!tate High-aySystem 'accet Inter!tate $y!teH also accet D-ight D Ei!enho-er 3ational

$y!te o/ Inter!tate and De/en!e High-ay!, the Inter!tateor Inter!tate Free-aySystem)

G. This character once wor&ed at 6randt->eland, ta&ing only a briefcase f!ll of crac&ers to the office every day and

t!rning in reorts that were #nothing b!t gibberish.$ 4n one aearance, this character itches a fa&e commercial for

%ennigan;s, the #no smell, no tell, scotch.$ This man once s!ffered an accident while gaw&ing at a woman wearing

only a bra, after which he was reresented by Bac&ie 2hiles. (fter ta&ing over for a fainted b!s driver, this mandelivered a severed in&y toe to the hosital, and he and "ewman !ns!ccessf!lly tried to ma&e a rofit on

3ichigan;s higher rate of al!min!m can ret!rn. or 1 oints, name this 7any neighbor of Berry on Sein$el.

("SE/0 Co!o.raer'accet either !nderlined nameH also accet .e!!ler)

1. 4n this novel, the rotagonist;s mother idoli7ed her father 8octor oster to the oint of s!c&ing the fingers of his

ether-bloated corse. (nother character in this novel was tho!ght to be a witch d!e to her lac& of a navel and carries

aro!nd the bones of her father. 4n one eisode from this novel, the rotagonist meets 2irce, an old e+-slave wholeads him to his ancestral home of Shalimar, where he learns abo!t his ancestors; s!osed ability to fly. The

rotagonist of this novel is g!ided by his mother Pilate, rejects his father 3acon, and has a showdown with his

former friend 9!itar. or 1 oints, name this novel by Toni 3orrison titled after a boo& of the 6ible.

("SE/0Song of Solomon

11. One side at this battle s!osedly detailed its strategy in the now-dis!ted #2hristmas 3emorand!m.$ 8esitethe efforts of /adt&e and I!n7e, 2ordt von 6randis was given credit for cat!ring ort 8o!a!mont at this battle.

This battle was meant to #bleed 'rance) to death$ according to 9eneral al&enhayn. S!lies d!ring this battlewere delivered along a road &nown as the Sacred ay. The hrase #They shall not ass$ was !ttered by /ichard

"eville at this battle. The 6attle of the Somme was fo!ght to draw troos away from this it. or 1 oints, Petain

was d!bbed the #savior$ at what 1G1A orld ar 4 battle fo!ght at a city s!rro!nded by fortressesJ

("SE/0 6attle of 4erd%n'or Siege of 4erd%n)

1. One gen!s of this hyl!m, To(ocara, commonly infects cats and dogs and can ca!se visceral larva migrans in

h!mans. One secies in this hyl!m infects the m!scles of h!mans after ingestion of !ndercoo&ed or&H that arasite

ca!ses the disease trichinosis. /"( interference and aotosis have been e+tensively st!died in a model organismfrom this hyl!m. 3any members of this hyl!m are arasitic, s!ch as the inworm and hoo&worm. ( well-st!died

model organism belonging to this hyl!m is '. elegans. or 1 oints, name this hyl!m, which incl!des

ro!ndworms.("SE/0 neatoda'or neatodesH accet ro%nd-ors !ntil the end of the 5!estion)

1:. The &orbanot that ta&es lace on this day is described in detail in the 3!saf rayer at the (vodah service given

by the %igh Priest. 8!ring evening rayers on this day, married men wear a white robe called a kittel. On the eve of

this holiday, celebrators recite in (ramaic the reno!ncement of all ersonal vows made d!ring the coming year. The

entirety of the 6oo& of Bonah is read d!ring this holiday, after which a recitation of the Shema +israel concl!des theevening services. The Iol "idre is recited d!ring this holiday, whose five rohibitions incl!de the wearing of leather

shoes. or 1 oints, name this Bewish holiday observed on the 1th of Tishrei, &nown as the 8ay of (tonement.

("SE/0 5o .i""%r'accet Day o/ Atoneentearly)

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. Two of this gro!;s Iontors were closed by 4van 444. 3embers of this gro! fo!ght the >i&edeelers or ict!al

6rothers. 2hristoher of 6avaria signed the Treaty of 2oenhagen with this gro!, which was e+elled from

England by Eli7abeth 4. This organi7ation grew in ower by e+loiting the Iiel salt road and designed a new flat-

bottomed shi called the cog. This !nion forced aldemar 4 of 8enmar& to agree to the Peace of Strals!nd. ( cityon the island of 9otland called isby was art of this gro!, as was >!bec&. or 1 oints, name this medieval

9ermanic and Scandinavian trading alliance.

("SE/0 Han!eati' #eag%e 'or Han!a)

T4E6/E(IE/

The national government in this co!ntry is forcing the seventeen a!tonomo!s regions to drastically c!t sending. 4ts

2ajas re5!ired a bailo!t from its government, and in 11 the Peole;s Party won a majority in arliament. 4t hasre5!ested a bailo!t from the E26, rimarily beca!se of its ban&s. The rime minister of this co!ntry is 3ariano

/ajoy, who too& ower after its Socialist Party !nder /odrig!e7 Kaatero enacted harsh a!sterity c!ts. or 1 oints,

name this so!thern E!roean co!ntry with caital at 3adrid.

("SE/0 $"ain

6O"USES

1. %orseradish ero+idase is often !sed as a reorter in this roced!re. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this techni5!e from molec!lar biology in which antibody robes secifically bind to a rotein of interest.

("SE/0 +e!tern6lot

'1) estern blots are often receded by this general analytical techni5!e in which an electric field is !sed tosearate roteins by their si7eH it can also be erformed on n!cleic acids.

("SE/0 9el Ele'tro"hore!i!'accet $D$6&AGE)

'1) The res!lts of gel electrohoresis can be vis!ally seen after tagging with ethidi!m bromide and viewing !nder

this tye of radiation. This tye of radiation can ca!se melanomas.("SE/0 %ltravioletradiation 'accet %v)

. This case established the #act!al malice$ standard for libel. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this S!reme 2o!rt case which arose from a newsaer advertisement that inacc!rately described the

actions of the head of the 3ontgomery, (labama P!blic Safety 2ommission regarding 3artin >!ther Iing Br.("SE/0 3e- 5or( )ie! v $%llivan'accet either)

'1) The first major case regarding the freedom of the ress in the United States involved this man, who was

defended in co!rt by (le+ander %amilton after !blishing editorials critical of the governor of "ew @or&.

("SE/0 Bohn Peter 7enger

'1) This other seech case held that the advocacy by the 2hair of the 2omm!nist Party US( for the overthrow of

the US government was not rotected seechH it was later limited by @ates v United States and 6randenb!rg v Ohio.

("SE/0 Denni!v United States

:. One of this a!thor;s novels contains the eigrah #Only connect.$ or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this a!thor of %here Angels Fear to Trea who created >!cy %oneych!rch, who rejects 2ecil yse;sroosals twice, inA /oom %ith a 0iew.

("SE/0 Edward 3organ For!ter

'1) orster enned a novel set in this co!ntry, in which (dela D!ested acc!ses 8r. (7i7 of assa!lting her. Other

a!thors from this co!ntry incl!de (r!ndhati /oy and i&ram Seth.

("SE/0A Passage to India

'1) orster;s most famo!s novel,Howars !n&centers !on these three families of searate social classes. "ameany.

("SE/0 the $'hlegels or +il'o8es or Ba!ts

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=. The (braham->orent7 force is roortional to the charge and this 5!antity. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this 5!antity, whose namesa&e e5!ations can describe the /ossler and >orent7 systems.

("SE/09er('or9oltH or !%rgeH or l%r'h)

'1) Systems governed by jer& e5!ations, s!ch as the >orent7 attractor, can e+hibit this tye of behavior. Thesesystems are sensitive to initial conditions, e+hibit toological mi+ing, and have dense eriodic orbits.

("SE/0 'haoti'

'1) Two of these objects laced end on end e+hibit chaotic motion. ( simle tye of these objects consist of a mass

at the end of a rigid beam, which can be rotated aro!nd a single oint.("SE/0 "end%l%

?. This wor& contains five #&nee lays,$ so named beca!se they join the time between acts !sed to change the set.

or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this oera by Philli 9lass that deicts a famo!s hysicist, whose main scenes consist of a #Saceshi$,

#Train$, and #Trial$.("SE/0Einstein on the Beach

'1)!instein on the Beachis art of this gro! of wor&s by 9lass that contains the oeras Satyagraha and

Akhenaten.

("SE/0 The &ortrait )rilogy

'1) Phili 9lass is a comoser from this movement, which foc!ses on reetition of small atterns, rhythms, and

themes. Other comosers of this style incl!de Bohn (dams and Terry /iley.

("SE/0 iniali!'accet word forms)

A. 4dentify the following abo!t 2avalier oet /obert %erric&, for 1 oints each.

'1) 4n a %erric& oem addressed to these women, the sea&er instr!cts them to #gather ye roseb!ds while ye may$

and instr!cts them to #be not coy$ and to #while ye may, go marry.$

("SE/0 #To the 4irgins, to 3a&e 3!ch of Time$.'1) %erric& wrote a n!mber of love oems abo!t this woman, and described #how that glittering ta&eth me$ in a

oem !on her clothes.

("SE/0 J%lia

'1) %erric& was a member of a gro! of writers who admired the wor& of this English laywright of 0ol)oneand

The Alchemist.

("SE/0 6en Jon!on

C. This man;s sister, Sohia, led the Streltsy Urising against him. or 1 oints each0'1) "ame this moderni7ing tsar who b!ilt a #window to the west$ on the "eva /iver.

("SE/0 &eter the Great

'1) Peter the 9reat won this battle over the forces of ield 3arshal /ehns&iold d!ring the 9reat "orthern ar. 4van3a7ea was also defeated at this battle.

("SE/0 6attle of &oltava

'1) Peter the 9reat defeated the forces of this co!ntry d!ring the 9reat "orthern ar. They won the 6attle of "arva

!nder the leadershi of 2harles L44.("SE/0 Iingdom of $-eden

F. 4n a !re system, at the trile oint, there are no degrees of freedom according to this r!le. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this r!le from thermodynamics, which details the n!mber of intensive variables that m!st be secified fora system to be f!lly defined in terms of the n!mber of hases and secies in the system.

("SE/0 Gibb! &ha!e/!le'1) Secifying the system ress!re and temerat!re of a binary system wo!ld allow the calc!lation of system

concentrations !sing this e5!ation, which gives the vaor ress!re of an ideal sol!tion.("SE/0 ao%lt! #a-

'1) 8ecrease in vaor ress!re is a tye of this roerty, which only deends on the n!mber of sol!te articles in

sol!tion.

("SE/0 'olligativeroerties

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'1) Ilimt is a ainter from this co!ntry. Other artists from this co!ntry incl!de Os&ar Io&osch&a and Egon Schiele,

who, along with Ilimt, were art of this co!ntry;s #ienna Secession.$

("SE/0 A%!tria

'1) Ilimt ainted two ortraits of this woman, the first of which deicts her in gold. 6oth ortraits of this womanhave been sold at a!ctions at e+tremely high rices.

("SE/0 (dele Blo'h6Ba%er

1?. 4n economics, individ!als are ass!med to attemt to ma+imi7e this 5!antity. or 1 oints each0'1) "ame this 5!antity from economics which is constant along indifference c!rves.

("SE/0 =tility

'1) 4ndifference c!rves are strictly conve+, d!e to this roerty, in which the change in !tility of an additional good

decreases as more of that good is !sed.("SE/0 Diini!hing Marginal =tility'romt on diini!hing ret%rn!)

'1) This rod!ction f!nction, denoted @ e5!als I to the alha times > to the beta, is !sed to reresent the

relationshi of two in!ts to an o!t!t.

("SE/0 Cobb6Do%gla!f!nctions

1A. This "A= reboot feat!res twenty-five ossible flight ro!tes b!t only ta&es abo!t an ho!r to beat the main

camaign. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this game, &nown to E!roeans as6ylat %ars& which introd!ced the /!mble Pa&.

("SE/0 $tar Fo8 >?'1) ( member of the original Star o+ team, this oft-5!oted character says things li&e0 #8o a barrel rollM$ and #Too

5!ietNbe caref!l, it;s a traM$

("SE/0 &e""y%are'1) 6orn on 2orneria and e+iled to enom, this mad scientist is the final boss of Star o+ A=.

("SE/0 Andro!!

1C. 4t tells the stories of (dam, 4brahim, and 3sa, and its name comes from an arg!ment over a certain sacrifice ofthe 4sraelites. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this nd and longest chater of a holy boo& that contains theAyat al25ursi, or #Throne erse.$

("SE/0 (l-Ba@ara'or Co-S!ra)

'1) The (l-6a5ara is a section of this holy boo& of 4slam, which is divided into 11= total s!ras and was firstcomiled by (b! 6a&r after 3!hammad

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1G. Two of these are fo!nd in a node of a lin&ed list, and a seg-fa!lt occ!rs when one of these does not reference a

valid location. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this data tye whose val!e references an address in memory where some data is stored.

("SE/0 "ointer

'1) Pointers to these data str!ct!res !s!ally refer to their first entry. 4n Bava, the !sh method adds an item to the

to of these >4O data str!ct!res.

("SE/0 !ta'(

'1) This method, in Bava, ret!rns the object at the to of a stac&. 4t is different from ee&Q in that it also removesthe object from the to the stac&.

("SE/0 "o"Q

. 4n F, this nation elected /aila Odinga, who had claimed to be 6arac& Obama;s co!sin, as Prime 3inister. or

1 oints each0

'1) "ame this East (frican nation, a former 6ritish colony with caital at "airobi.("SE/0 .enya

'1) This first rime minister and resident of Ienya was an anthroology st!dent !nder 6ronislaw 3alinows&i and

first came to rominence d!ring the 3a! 3a! /ebellion.

("SE/0 Bomo .enyatta

'1) Ienyatta was a member of this tribe in Ienya which he wrote abo!t in a st!dy entitledFacing Mount 5enya.

They made ! a majority of the militants who fo!ght against 6ritish colonialism in the 3a! 3a! Urising.

("SE/0.i(%y%

EXTRA BONUS

This f!nction is fo!nd in the denominator of the Taylor series. or 1 oints each0

'1) "ame this f!nction that is denoted by an e+clamation oint and !sed to find the n!mber of ways to arrange a set

of nobjects. This oeration m!ltilies the in!t, a nat!ral n!mber n, by all non-7ero nat!ral n!mbers less than it.("SE/0 /a'torial

'1) or nat!ral n!mber n, this f!nction is e5!al to nmin!s one factorial. #E+tending$ the factorial f!nction to

comle+ n!mbers, it e5!als the imroer integral of e to the negative t times t raised to the negative 7 min!s one dt.

("SE/0 gaaf!nction'1) This aro+imation states that ln of n factorial is ro!ghly e5!al to n times ln of n min!s n. 4t consists of the first

term of its discoverer;s namesa&e series, which is !sed to aro+imate the gamma f!nction.

("SE/0 $tirling;s form!la 'or $tirling;s aro+imation)